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Unlike other hospitals, the majority of funding for St. Jude comes from generous donors.
It costs more than $2 billion to sustain and grow St. Jude each year. Your donation will help ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.
St. Jude patient Miguel
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee
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Your donation is tax-deductible.
St. Jude is a nonprofit charity, operating since 1962, and is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, your gift is tax-deductible to the full extent provided by law.
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Your gift will help families facing their darkest moments.
Only 12% of the money to operate St. Jude comes from insurance recoveries. This is vastly different than most other hospitals, which can generate more than 90% of their revenues from insurance recoveries and other sources. We also receive some revenue from research grant funding and returns on our investments.
St. Jude patient Mateo, with his mom and dad
St. Jude patient Kennedy
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Your donation will have a lasting impact.
Treatments for some childhood cancer patients at St. Jude can last more than 3 years and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, in some cases exceeding $1 million. No family ever receives a bill from St. Jude for care, and no family is asked to pay co-pays or deductibles.
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Your gift will help save kids' lives and help drive the research to cure childhood cancer.
We’re proud that 82 cents of every dollar received goes to support the current and future needs of St. Jude. St. Jude has helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate in the U.S. from 20% in 1962 to more than 80% today. We won't stop until no child dies from cancer.
St. Jude patient Phenix, with his mom and dad
St. Jude patient Maizy
Ready to make a difference?
There are great research institutions, great hospitals and great charities — we're all three. We're dedicated to providing the best care for children facing cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Every donation helps, and it's because of your generous support that we can continue our lifesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®
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Ways to give
Find ways to give to St. Jude. Make a donation, memorialize a loved one, give through work or include St. Jude in your will.